I do not store tabs in the chlorinator. I only added them when I was going on vacation. Once it got old (cracked) I just switched to a floater for the times I'm not home.
There should be no tablets left in a chlorinator when the pump is off. The tablets are very acidic and that can back up (even with a check valve) into the heater and destroy it.
As mentioned my @mknauss it's a bad practice to leave them in there. Not only to mention, I would think they would degrade pretty darn quickly. Prior to my SWCG installation, I would just put some in a floater if I was going to be out of town for more than a couple of days.
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